Man accused of assaulting deputies serving search warrant

A Marion Township man accused of assaulting officers who tried to serve a search warrant at his home returns to 53rd District Court in Howell on Tuesday.

Patrick Michael Gizinski, 45, is charged with felonious assault and three counts of resisting police for throwing furniture at officers as they tried to enter his Pingree Road home on Aug. 16. He also is charged with one count of receiving and concealing stolen property valued at $200 but less than $1,000.

Livingston County Sheriff’s Lt. James Lynch said deputies went to Gizinski’s home around 1:10 p.m. to serve a search warrant in a breaking and entering investigation that involved the theft of more than $3,000 worth of siding and tools stolen from a home under construction.

“He was not compliant when they executed the search warrant and refused to let them in,” Lynch said. “He attempted to barricade himself in and threw furniture at officers as they entered.”

No officers were injured.

Lynch did not disclose whether officers found stolen materials at Gizinski’s home due to the ongoing investigation.

Gizinski, who is free on bond, has a criminal history that includes an 18-month probation sentence in June 2015 for resisting police, assault and disturbing the peace, according to Livingston County Circuit Court records. Those charges came after Gizinski was accused of assaulting a coach following a Charyl Stockwell Preparatory Academy basketball game held at the St. Joseph School gymnasium in January 2014 because his son didn’t play.